"Thank you ! I saw it in the window and just couldn't resist it..."

Oh, I know: a friend was assaulted and fucking shot in the head (albeit many years ago, though it's not like that has stopped), which miraculously didn't kill him. Worked on the appeal against NY's ban against gay marriage. Just a question for the universe on a Sunday night. Not at all shocked, but can see how my…

I will never ever fathom the depth of hatred that must be inside some people to commit crimes like this. I mean, okay you're not interested in gay sex, so a solution might be... don't have any? And otherwise mind your own fucking business.

"Smile, Cate, just keep smiling, ignore that person who is holding out a picture of Tilda Swinton for you to autograph...."

Not to mention that I get the vibe that if this woman did eventually work outside the home, he'd say that he couldn't "really" see himself being with a "career woman". Go on and just do you, lady, and find the emotional support you need even if you have to pay for it. You'll be OK!

Um, the second letter writer's guy is a piece of shit. Caring for someone with ALS is spectacularly and singularly difficult, physically and emotionally. Never waste another minute of your life interacting with that man, and do look into a visiting nurse. You need time for yourself, whether it feels like it or not.

The people who brag the most about how #blessed they are are the most insecure in general, not just in relationships, right? It's the whole "lady doth protest too much" thing.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that those 14 yr olds are black or Hispanic.

This novel tacitily and expressly addresses Eduardo as a salient recipient of her reflections.

Time is a Flat Circle so I suggest they time travel back and hire Swingers-era Vince and Tigerland-era Colin. Here is my power point presentation in support of this:

Seriously. She and Matt go on and on about how the discrimination lawsuit was dropped, but it wasn't dropped because Paula didn't discriminate against her black employees. It was dropped because judges ruled that Lisa Jackson, the white woman who sued Paula, wasn't eligible to get paid since she wasn't personally the…

Agreed, this makes me fucking crazy. It's fucked up to drop the "N" word, but it is far more problematic to me that she wanted to essentially throw slavery themed parties, having all black servers in a plantation setting. And her remarks about how happy enslaved people were. As a historian of slavery it enrages me…

"and to talk about how she's a reformed person who once used the word "nigger."

Dear Miss New York, Hazing is a crime in New York State.

You're FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! Go fly peacock!!

Because this post shouldn't run without this virtuoso bit from last night's LWT:

Thanks to inBev, there are some not-terrible (and even good) options other than Budweiser -

Yoda is wise.

That's fair. I'm a fan of transparency in government, regardless of who is in charge. During the Bush years, she never had a word to say about transparency.